The cooler weather and subsequent drop in water temperatures combined with quality fly life and substantial hatches has led to a vast improvement in fishing at waters throughout the region.

Such hatches have led to superb late afternoon and evening rises at Blackton where anglers using dry fly tactics have enjoyed excellent sport with a bushy Daddy on the top dropper and two small Black Hoppers trailing behind. E Ridsdale recorded the week's heaviest bag at 15lb 12oz.

There has been excellent sport at Cow Green with warmer weather encouraging plenty of terrestrials. Of these, Daddies continue to be top of the menu for the wild brown trout so it is little surprise that most of the fish brought to the net this week were taken on Daddy patterns although anglers have still enjoyed good sport on traditional wets.

The fishing continues to be at Derwent Reservoir. September is traditionally the best month at this Northumbrian Water fishery and this season looks like being no exception with larger fish now coming into range of the angler.

A McGrath took a fine, hard-fighting fish of 10lb and D White had one of the best fish of the season to date - a magnificent 8lb 8oz wild brown trout. Brian Lillie had the heaviest bag of the week with eight for 19lb including an 8lb 8oz rainbow.

Duncan Allan, fishing ledgered green Powerbait had eight for 21lb in under an hour at Fontburn. Would anglers please note that there are still areas out of bounds because of low water levels. For further details contact the fishing lodge on (01669) 621368.

Grassholme enjoyed another good week's fishing with both fly and bait anglers doing well. The fish have been high in the water feeding on daddies and some of the milder days have seen hatches of small black stonefly, which have had the trout in a feeding frenzy.

A Waggott had one of the best catches of the week at Kielder water with seven for 19lb 6oz including fish of 6lb 1oz, 4lb 5oz and 3lb 5oz. The heaviest fish of the week was a rainbow of 7lb 4oz taken by T Baker near the south abutment lodge

Boat anglers have reported good catches between the wave chamber and the Belling inlet on the north shore and also from below Gowanburn Farm. The best areas for bank anglers have been at Little Whickhope and Hawkhope slipway.

The east end of the dam wall at Scaling continues to be the most productive area for bait anglers. Many of those fishing this location had eight-fish limit bags in the 15lb range in a couple of hours. The west end of the dam wall also produced good results for anglers using swim feedered maggot at long range.

Sunken Daddies fished on floating line in the top two feet of water have tempted several rainbows in the 3lb to 4lb 8oz.